Shop of All Worlds 18: Don’t panic if you have food.
"Hiss, hiss, it's so hot."
Gao Xuan brought a pot of fresh hot sweet potato rice to the dining table and took the half steamed sausage in the middle of the rice to the kitchen to slice it.
The parents took advantage of the phone call to make more pancakes and take out the cooked corn.
"I'll save the corn for later when I'm hungry. What are we going to do with these potatoes?"
"The power will be back on tomorrow. Can we just get this today? You want to finish all the supplies we just received?"
Father Gao laughed innocently: "Oh, I'm used to it."
After a busy day, the family of three finally sat down at the dining table. It was the first time in such a long time that they sat down to eat properly.
Before, when there was nothing to eat, the family members would just grab some food to eat, and then go back to bed when they were not so hungry, not moving unless necessary to save energy.
The sweet potato flour mixed with the aroma of rice whets the appetite, and a plate of evenly sliced sausages is added, and the aroma of fat hits your nose.
None of the three of them was polite. They picked up their bowls and chopsticks and started eating with big mouthfuls.
After the decisive battle, all three of them leaned back in their seats, rubbing their swollen bellies and sighing, "What a wonderful life!"
Gao Xuan touched the fully charged mobile phone beside her and opened the largest social networking platform to check the latest news.
"Wow, Mom and Dad, look, I was wondering why so many supplies were suddenly distributed."
She held up her phone and said, "The country has stepped up research and development of high-load drones. They say they will completely replace ground transportation with aerial transport, making deliveries faster and more efficient."
Father Gao hummed, "That's right. We should have used air transport earlier."
Gao Xuan rolled her eyes at her father. "Before, there weren't enough drones to cover the entire country. The problem isn't the lack of drones, but the uneven distribution of coverage. Don't you understand?"
Gao's mother scrolled down the screen, "You two have been talking for so long, but you haven't gotten to the point. They said that before, there weren't waterproof platforms built across the country. Even if we used air transport, we couldn't land the supplies safely, and it would cause contamination. So, we preferred the more troublesome method of land transport. Now, the platforms are built, and they can ensure that the entire transportation process is not contaminated by rainwater."
Gao Xuan took a closer look and said, "So fast? But we are a country with a lot of infrastructure. We can build houses even in such a harsh environment."
Father Gao was slapped in the face and muttered, "When was this built here? There's no movement."
There are many people online who share the same idea as Gao's father, who feel that those high platforms seemed to have suddenly appeared overnight, and then there were many comments and replies:
"We live nearby and saw the construction work."
"You guys only remember the supplies, don't you pay attention to anything else?"
"Didn't you hear the noise of the machines running at night? It's so noisy that I can't sleep."
Those who found these comments strange began to wonder if they were too careless and really didn't notice them.
Gao Xuan actually doesn’t care about these things. She is more concerned about whether there will be so much food in the future.
She heard that there had been no harvests in all parts of the country, and she was afraid that after eating these meals, there would be no more food.
Just as I was thinking about this, I suddenly saw a topic: "Has the country taken out all its food reserves?"
Main post: As the title says, after looking at the hot topics for a long time, I found that all parts of the country (not to mention the remote villages where no one is online to discuss) have welcomed a wave of abundant supplies. The country has a population of more than 1 billion. Don’t think that it is just an extra bag of corn, sweet potatoes and potatoes. Multiplying it by 1 billion is shocking. The country has been losing money on food for so long, and there is still inventory?
First floor: Front row, let's not talk about those empty words. I have the same idea as the original poster. Although the supplies this time cannot even compare with the ordinary living standards before the catastrophe, but everyone has been eating coarse food for the past few months, and suddenly they are given so many good things. I am afraid that after this meal, there will be no next meal.
Second floor: I agree with the above. I was shaking when I was eating.
Floor 3: I’m so fed up with you bunch of worriers. When you have nothing to eat, you complain and when you have something to eat, you keep guessing.
Floor 4: Why are the people above so resentful? Aren’t we just having a reasonable discussion?
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Floor 118: All those who are arguing should be blocked immediately. We should believe in the country. There must be arrangements from above. They will not leave so many people alone.
Floor 119: I've calculated that based on the ratio of 5 corns, 5 sweet potatoes, 5 potatoes, 1 portion of cooked meat product, and 1 portion of canned fruit per person, the minimum amount of supplies distributed nationwide this time is 3 million tons. The question is, where in the country can produce these 3 million tons of food now? Not to mention that they were stored before the catastrophe, I believe you said that rice was stored, but could sweet potatoes and potatoes be stored for such a long time?
120th floor: Honestly, sweet potatoes and potatoes can be stored for more than a year! Just control the temperature and humidity in the cellar! This is how people in rural areas used to store food.
Floor 121: You also said that it was in the past. When it rained so hard, how could there be a cellar that could control temperature and humidity? Can you ask me to take a look?
122nd Floor: Could it be that the government anticipated the rainstorms during the drought? So they started stockpiling potatoes and sweet potatoes so early?
123rd Floor: Terrifying when you think about it
Floor 124: What is there to be afraid of? The country must have more knowledge than we think. It is said that three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang. The country has so many experts, and they must have made corresponding strategic food reserve plans at the beginning of the catastrophe.
125th Floor: I found out that the country reduced grain exports in the sixth month of the drought. They must have started preparing at that time!!!
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145th Floor: No, why are you still concerned about the past? I want to know if the next distribution will be as abundant?
146th Floor: [Link] [Link] Stop asking and go see, the country has responded! !
Gao Xuan immediately clicked on the link. The internet loading speed was a bit slow, and she waited anxiously. Suddenly, the page popped up with the country's exclusive news ID. Scrolling down, she saw the latest news.
——As long as there is food, don’t panic.
The accompanying picture shows rice that has just been threshed from several rice processing plants, with granaries piled to the ceiling.
There are also canned fruits from various fruit processing factories, and the raw materials such as yellow peaches, pineapples, pears, apricots, etc. are being fed into the machines continuously.
The comments below are full of crying cubs.
"Ahhh, Mom!!! Mom is so awesome!"
Gao Xuan also shouted (Gao's mother:?), and then she remembered that there was another link. She quickly went back and clicked on the new one, and found that it was a picture posted by Jiang Xueyi, a famous national agricultural expert.
Endless rice fields + artificial lighting + display of optimal temperature and humidity for rice growth.jpg
Dr. Jiang didn't say anything, but the explosion of information in the accompanying picture, coupled with his identity, makes it easy to think that the country is vigorously developing underground space planting technology.
And judging from the rice in the rice fields that is about to form ears, this technology is already very mature and large-scale!
This is just the rice field, and everyone naturally thinks that other foods must also be grown on a large scale underground.
No pictures?
It doesn’t matter, everyone will figure it out on their own!
Corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes are already available, so how far can corn tarts, French fries, and fried chicken be?
I feel like there is hope in life again!
Gao Xuan wiped her mouth and imagined a bright future.
The three-hour power cut passed quickly. Without electricity, I couldn’t use my phone so freely.
Gao Xuan's family cleaned up the plates on the table and simply rinsed them with water after eating. The water could not be poured away and had to be saved for other uses.
"Hey? Dad, Mom, is there a big car outside?"
Gao Xuan suddenly noticed a car passing by on the road outside the window.
At this time, the sky had dimmed, and with the rain blocking the view, it was difficult to see clearly.
Father Gao leaned closer to the window and looked: "Isn't that a sprinkler truck?"
"Sprinkle water?"
"Oh! Did they use a sprinkler truck to suck up the water? The tank on it is so big, a truck can suck up several tons of water!"
Gao's mother was a little slow to respond: "Why are you sucking water?"
Gao Xuan said, "I understand! The temperature is getting lower and lower. When it drops below zero, the water will definitely freeze! So we need to absorb more water before it freezes."
There is water everywhere and it is still raining. Can the sprinkler truck absorb enough water?
Not only Gao Xuan's family saw the sprinkler truck, but people in every community saw the sprinkler truck working late at night from every window.
However, the sprinkler trucks were just a decoy. Sprinkler trucks from all over the city came out in the evening and took a ride from one district to another, giving people the illusion that there were many trucks and the frequency was very high.
The real source of water absorption comes from the dozens of drones flying in the sky in the middle of the night without anyone noticing.
A sewage submersible pump is hung under the drone. After measuring the water level, it is placed at an appropriate distance to avoid sinking deep into the ground mud, which would cause blockage and poor heat dissipation.
This submersible pump has been modified so that the outlet pipe is connected to a cowhide bag with a special pattern painted on it and three small gems inlaid on the bag.
The submersible pump worked silently, sucking the turbid water into an unfathomable bag.
Some staff members braved the rain, wearing headlamps, to detect the drop in water levels in multiple directions.
At the research base far away in Shanxia City, the relevant staff have not yet left work. They are waiting for the final results of this experiment.
Even though it has been tested here and found to be useful, it didn't actually work, so everyone was still nervous.
At two o'clock in the morning, reports came in from several cities affected by floods.
"It's done! The water level has dropped by one meter!"
"There's even a drop of 1.5 meters!"
The two leaders who had been researching the infinite space backpack for a long time without sleep looked at each other with tears in their eyes.
Worth it!
Gao Xuan got up the next day and walked to the kitchen as usual while brushing her teeth while looking out the window.
Since being forced to stay at home, entertainment activities have decreased, and I can only relieve my anxiety by looking at the scenery outside the window, even if there is nothing good to see.
The heavy rain turned into light rain and then into moderate rain, but it didn't stop. The sky was as gloomy as ever, like a leaky sieve.
The water on the ground is always turbid, filled with garbage from nowhere, and occasionally emits a foul odor.
Gao Xuan has a habit. She will unconsciously look at the building opposite and judge which floor the water has reached based on which window the water level is close to.
Suddenly, she opened her dazed eyes.
The water level has dropped?!
A bright line of mud on the wall showed how much the water had dropped since yesterday. It was almost as high as a window.
Wow, the sprinkler truck actually works! !
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The author has something to say: Lukawen = =
Rice can be grown in underground greenhouses, but its main value lies in scientific research demonstrations and ensuring food supply in special scenarios. It cannot replace vast rice fields in the short term (from the Internet)
This is the jade pendant farm production, but it is disguised as an underground greenhouse.
Just treat the submersible pumps and drones as modified [please]
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